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I don't think I will go to my sisters wedding

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namechnge404 · 09/11/2013 19:24

My sister is getting married next year and I don't think I want to go. I don't really get on well with my family. I am blatantly excluded from nearly everything they do. My other sisters are bridesmaids and my brothers are ushers but I haven't been asked to be part of it at all. Any time there is a family event i feel like shit.

Basically I'm asking AIBU if i just said thanks but no thanks and just avoided the day. To be honest I really don't think I would be missed or that anybody would care.

OP posts:
Hopasholic · 09/11/2013 23:08

It's them, not you.
It's them, not you.
It's them, not you.

And repeat.

They are mean, cold and cruel. I would tell them to fuck right off.
Don't go and tell them why. Then start working on your esteem and stick two fingers up at them.

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ArfurFoulkesayke · 09/11/2013 23:43

Is it possible that you might just be very down generally at the minute, and you're therefore seeing the negative in everything? Particularly as people can behave very peculiarly around weddings.
TBH I would go. As poopinthebin said, it's a big box ticked if you do go, and it can't be undone if you don't. You also keep the moral high ground.
If subsequently you feel the same, you can manage detaching from your family on your own terms and to your own timescale, probably with significantly less drama.
Good luck whatever you decide.

Rockinhippy · 09/11/2013 23:58

I totally get this as I've had similar trouble with my own toxic family, but I would go

Go & look stunning - & make sure you stand out with it tooWink then walk tall & proud & show them you are at least as good as they are

it's not about your size it's about how you rock your look & dress to suit your shape & style - tattoos & curves you need something like a Viv of Holloway, or Hell Bunny dress like THIS big red rosé in your hair & a pair of Irregular Choice shoes

Hissy · 10/11/2013 09:25

Newsflash:

Toxic families don't 'play by the rules'

They don't need a reason to exclude other family, they do it because for whatever reason, they want to.

By insisting that there must be a reason, you are saying that the fault is that of the person who's excluded.

Unlikely. That person would KNOW what they've done. It'd be stated.

Please peeps, don't apply normal family rules/norms to every family.

There's nothing normal about some families, and to insist there is, hurts someone who's already hurting.

Bogeyface · 10/11/2013 13:06

Totally agree with Hissy

My toxic in laws have treated H terribly for no reason that we could see. When pushed, his mother said that the reason she insisted the whole family boycott our wedding was because the invitations were black, so that proved we didnt want her there.

Nope, we couldnt work that one out either!

Toxic people have personality issues that mean that they simply do not see other people in the way that you or I do. They do not accept that anyone else has thoughts or feelings that should be considered.

Often the person who is the victim of the toxic family is the person who threatens them and their insular view of the world. My H for example did not want to live on the same street as his mother and siblings, as he mother insisted he should, he did not want to do the job she was pushing him into, did not learn to drive when she said he should (after forging his signature to apply for his provisional for him!). He moved away, got a different career and then some years later, married the wrong person (the wrong person being anyone he married who wasnt a dd of one of his mums friends, so I as a divorced mother was never going to be approved of).

They have cut off every member of their extended family, many many friends and their treatment of H and me has caused the few that were still involved to cut them off. But they are still in the right......

So the fact that OP has been excluded is more likely to be because she has a mind of her own and challenges the little bubble that they have created where they are right and everyone else is wrong. In a weird way, being the victim of the toxics is actually a compliment because they know that you are better than them and cant cope with that!

Rockinhippy · 10/11/2013 14:07

So the fact that OP has been excluded is more likely to be because she has a mind of her own and challenges the little bubble that they have created where they are right and everyone else is wrong. In a weird way, being the victim of the toxics is actually a compliment because they know that you are better than them and cant cope with that

^^^THIS ^^

Is absolutely spot on, the only rule with toxic families, usually headed by a Narcissist & can include more - is that the world revolves around them, & anyone who doesn't put them on a pedastil & bow down to even the most warped demands - is in the wrong & that will be twisted anyway it can be to make the one standing up & saying no look bad & be excluded by anyone who will listen - usually done by "pity me" passive aggressive tactics

None of my family were at my wedding either

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